Merge tag 'amd_f15_m30' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bp/bp into x86/ras

Pull AMD F15h, model 0x30 and later enablement stuff, more specifically EDAC
support, from Borislav Petkov.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 8b61d103a8a7..89a612e392eb 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -3671,15 +3671,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
         if ((flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
         /*
-         * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
-         * This ensures that not everyone will be able to create
-         * handlink using the passed filedescriptor.
+         * Using empty names is equivalent to using AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW
+         * on /proc/self/fd/<fd>.
          */
-        if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) {
-                if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
-                        return -ENOENT;
+        if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
                 how = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
-        }
 
         if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
                 how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;